Mori Motengai Haiku Monument
A haiku monument is located in Hojoen, in front of Dogo Onsen Honkan. It commemorates Mori Motengai (1864–1934), a politician and poet who served as the head of Dogo Yunomachi. He studied under Shiki and received the haiku name “Ten-gai.”
The Mori Motengai Haiku Monument is a haiku monument located in Hojoen in front of Dogo Onsen Honkan, commemorating Mori Motengai, a politician and haiku poet associated with Dogo.
Mori Motengai
Mori Motengai (real name Mori Kotaro, 1864–1934) was a politician who served as a member of the Ehime Prefectural Assembly, the mayor of Yodo Village, and the mayor of Dogo Yunomachi. Although he lost his sight due to an eye disease while serving as a member of the prefectural assembly, he became the mayor of Yodo Village in 1898, dedicating himself to village administration as Japan's first blind mayor. He also focused on education for the blind, establishing the private Ehime School for the Blind and Deaf (currently Ehime Prefectural Matsuyama School for the Blind) using his retirement allowance, and was appointed as the mayor of Dogo Yunomachi in 1932.
He was also excellent at haiku and studied under Masaoka Shiki. He received the haiku pen name "Tengai" from Shiki and called himself "Motengai."
Hojoen, where the haiku monument is located, is right in front of Dogo Onsen Honkan and can be visited along with the footbath and the Botchan Karakuri Clock.
Source: "Mori Kotaro" Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) Last verified: July 2026
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